Eremopterix nigriceps (Gould, 1839)

Boulaouad, Belkacem Aimene, Djetti, Tayeb, Belkacem, Mohamed, Ailam, Oussama, Harzallah, Bachir, Missoum, Mohamed, Ayyach, Khaled & Telailia, Saleh, 2024, Bird diversity and annotated checklist of Afrotropical species in extreme south of Algeria, Acta Zoológica Lilloana 68 (1), pp. 17-27 : 23

Eremopterix nigriceps

The first record of this sub-Saharan species was collected or sighted 150 km west of Tamanrasset /Ahaggar in January 1954. Initially identified as Dunn’s Lark ( Eremalauda dunni ), it was later determined to be Black-crowned Sparrow-lark. The second observation and confirmation of breeding took place in October 2022, with the presence of both parents and juveniles observed in the Timiaouine region ( Boulaouad et al., 2022).